Ukraine received another 1,245 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war with Russia on Monday in the final stage of the repatriation of remains agreed at talks in Istanbul, Ukrainian officials said.

Russia has likely suffered 1 million causalities since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence said, a staggering human cost from the war with no end in sight.

Massive overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv killed 15 people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow launched hundreds of drones and missiles at targets across the country. The strikes wounded at least 177 others in the Ukrainian capital,